TSR published the magazine Strategy & Tactics from 1983 – 1987 and then sold the rights to 3W, who published the magazine from #112 (June, 1987) to #139, and when founder Keith Poulter left the business, 3W sold Strategy & Tactics to Decision Games.
[2]: 101 Diverse Talents, Inc. published the game magazines Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer, Fire and Movement, and Battleplan, until the company was bought by World Wide Wargames, Inc. on June 1, 1988.
[2]: 106 According to Shannon Appelcline, "Under the 3W ownership, the quality of the Space Gamer magazines improved but they still looked somewhat dated.
Though considerably improved from its worst DTI days, the times of Space Gamer influencing the industry were over.
"[2]: 106 3W left the RPG business towards the end of 1989 after some failed expansions resulted in selling off properties, and 3W sold Space Gamer to Future Combat Simulations, who released only a single issue, Space Gamer #88 (March/April, 1990).